Archive for February, 2015

WE TAKE a look back at the EDSA People Power Revolt in this video short of images and interviews by the PCIJ of 20 people who took part in the campaign to remove former President Ferdinand E. Marcos. For the first episode of "Balik Tanaw," let's listen to...

AS THE nation celebrates the 29th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolt, we are reprinting articles of the PCIJ based on interviews with 20 people who took part in the campaign that eventually ousted former President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The...

"LITRATO: Chasing light, glimpses of life" will showcase our slideshows on the PCIJ's Youtube and Vimeo Channels. Litrato means "picture" in Filipino. "Ama at anak (Father and son)" is the title of this week's episode.  It was early evening on the...

PAGE FROM THE PAST: We are reprinting this article originally published on November 27, 2007 in our i-Report page.  FISH IS our number one source of protein and, next only to rice, fish and other marine-based products like clams, seaweed, and prawns...

ON February 16, 2015, the Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Committee on Human Rights of the House of Representatives held a forum on the planned creation of the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission. The creation of the body is contained in the proposed...

A MAP of the envisioned territory of Bangsamoro, as indicated in the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), looks roughly like the one below. Shaded on the...

By Fernando R. Cabigao Jr. CONGRESS has suspended deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) but the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Regional Human Rights Commission of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RHRC-ARMM) have...